CTTC – Assistant Consortium Director
Colchester County High School for Girls, Colchester, Essex, CO3 3US15 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
5 May 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
20 April 2026
Job details
Job role
- Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time, part time: Full time/part-time or an opportunity for secondment considered
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Leadership Scale L5–L12
What skills and experience we're looking for
CTTC – Assistant Consortium Director
Colchester Teacher Training Consortium
Norman Way, Colchester, Essex, CO3 3US. Tel: 01206 364728
Salary: Leadership Scale L5–L12
Salary negotiable depending upon experience
Full time/part-time or an opportunity for secondment considered
Closing Date: Midday Tuesday 05 May 2026
Candidates are advised to apply as soon as possible as we will be selecting and interviewing candidates as and when applications that meet the criteria are received. Colchester County High School reserves the right to close the application process early should a suitable candidate be identified.
Required: September 2026
A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ Colchester Teacher Training Consortium (CTTC) team as an Assistant Director. This vacancy has arisen due to expansion of CTTC’s ITT provision. The role will oversee the Primary undergraduate ITT route, delivered in partnership with the University of Suffolk, while also contributing to the delivery and development of the existing postgraduate ITT programme.
The Assistant Director will be an enthusiastic, dynamic and well-organised professional, leading the development of primary trainee teachers on the undergraduate course. The role will also provide a vital link between CTTC, the University of Suffolk and partner schools, ensuring consistency, alignment with CTTC values, and high-quality support.
The Assistant Director will be based at CTTC and will be required to travel to the University of Suffolk and placement schools as required.
The successful candidate will have experience in the primary sector and will be hard-working, passionate and reliable.
What the school offers its staff
CTTC, CCHSG and Alpha Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced criminal record check by the Disclosure and Barring Service.
All applications must be on the school application form and supported by a covering letter, addressed to Mrs Gillian Marshall CEO of the Alpha Trust, outlining suitability for the post.
For an application pack please contact recruitment@cchsg.com or download the application form from our website: www.cchsg.com.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
Childcare Disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
Medical
Online and Social Media
Prohibition from Teaching
Right to work
satisfactory references
Suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Colchester County High School for Girls
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1210 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Colchester County High School for Girls website
- Email address
- recruitment@cchsg.com
Colchester County High School for Girls is part of Alpha Trust. It is a selective state school for academically able students aged from 11 to 18 years which consistently achieves public examination results at the highest level and Ofsted "Outstanding". Admission to the school is via the 11+ examination in Year 7; the school also admits academic students to the Sixth Form. The school is lead for the North East Essex Teaching School Alliance and Colchester Teacher Training Consortium is based on the site. Situated a mile to the west of central Colchester, the school is set in its own extensive grounds on a large, quiet campus.
Alpha Trust - Values
As a family of schools we are working collaboratively to celebrate and nurture both the
similarities and distinctiveness of each school’s ethos and values. We celebrate the
uniqueness of all students through outstanding pastoral care, academic challenge and
inspirational teaching. Each child is supported to flourish and make a positive contribution
to the communities they serve.
We aim to:
- enable students to cope emotionally, physically and spiritually with the pressures and demands of life
- provide a broad, well-balanced and personalised curriculum
- provide the highest quality education for able students, to enable them to achieve their personal best in public examinations
- provide access to the highest quality further education and employment
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